PAID status on payment portal then NOT PAID when i checked this morning

[pjv 2]

Good day Vjers..

Just want to know if anyone here have encountered same situation... We pay our AOS last sunday Nov. 6 and it was IN PROCESS status, i was able to print also the cover sheet of AOS then i send DS3032 right away and recieved auto response then after 3 days... i checked on payment portal and the status of AOS is paid.. i also checked my email account and NVC sends me their acceptance of the DS3032 and sends me the invoice of the IV fee.. and Today nov.11 checked again payment portal and the status of the NOT PAID for the AOS.. and the IV fee which we didnt pay for it yet so its just okay.. but what about the AOS?? my husband told me that he wasnt been charged with $88 for the AOS fee..

so is that means we have to pay it again and it was a wrong move when we pay our 1st attempt? how about the cover sheet that i was able to print.. how about it? isnt that a receipt yet?

Hope to hear from all of you soon. thank you.

[RedPepper 9]

Good day pjv and to all VJ members out there. The same situation happened to me with the payment portal, except it was the Visa Application fee that was rejected 2 days after it showed paid. Turned out it was my husband's mistake, a typo on his account number he input in the payment portal.

The problem now is that we have sent out my DS230 with all my Civil Documents, the Cover sheet with the barcode, and the payment receipt!

I sent an email to NVC and they advised me to attempt to make the payment again. So I did, however, the system did not accept it because there was "an active payment" on that bill!--turned out to be a system error which was cleared after another exchange of emails with the NVC.

To make the story short, my husband decided to make the payment through the alternative route--by money order through overnight postal service to St Louis, MO. After 2 days the system reflected a PAID status.

Now my concern is, a week has past since I have sent my DS230 and civil documents before my Visa payment got through because of all those paid-rejected-paid-rejected-paid status. I read somewhere that the Visa fee should have been paid before sending the papers...

1) Does NVC ever throw papers away if they receive DS230's without the Visa application fee paid yet?

2) Do I need to send my DS230 and Civil Documents all over again?

Its been business days (technically one week) since we have paid my Visa Fee and have not heard from NVC yet. I have sent an email a few days ago to make a follow up but unfortunately have not received any response yet. A bit restless and uneasy. Please advice! Thank you very much.

[Samuel5028 2]

Hi

Better you can call them and confirm about the status of the fees paid. Hope you will be having the proof for sending the payment. Waiting for their response is complete waste of time. If the payment has not reached the NVC the procee will be delayed. So act immediately and solve the issue.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3177.html

Thanks